The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist

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From the Academy Award®-winning filmmakers behind Everything Everywhere All at Once and Navalny; a father-to-be tries to figure out what is happening with all this AI insanity. The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist is a hand-made, eye-opening documentary about the most powerful technology humanity has ever created... and what's at stake if we get it wrong.

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A comprehensive survey of a brave new world, The AI Doc is a balanced inquiry into a transformative technology that weighs the risks with a touching amount of humanity.

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Melanie McFarland

Salon.com

Apr 2

Roher’s motivation is intimately personal: The movie captures him on the verge of first-time fatherhood, and the rise of artificial intelligence has him questioning what kind of world his child will inherit, if any of us have a future at all.

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

Mar 30

“The AI Doc” is a well-intentioned but aggravating soup of information and opinion that wants to move at the speed of machine thought.

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G. Allen Johnson

San Francisco Chronicle

Mar 27

2.5/4

“The AI Doc” gives the viewer a lot to think about — and worry about.

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Michael Clark

Epoch Times

3d

3.5/5

There are literally hundreds of other movies and TV shows released over the last century that depict AI machines as deadly antagonists, and no one seems to make the connection to the real world.

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André Hereford

Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)

Apr 4

4/5

Several of the experts interviewed in Daniel Roher and Charlie Tyrell’s engaging, if alarming, documentary 'The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist' articulate some degree of existential dread contemplating a future ruled by artificial intelligence.

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Rodrigo Perez

The Playlist

Apr 3

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...“The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist” is for everyone: a film that informs the uninformed, shakes the complacent, mollifies fears (slightly), while also likely exacerbating your worst terrors.

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1d

Thoughtful, nuanced, and hopeful. Truly an enjoyable experience.

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Rick E

1d

I liked how real it was. The good, the bad and the ugly of AI. Yes, I'm worried about the future.

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Alexander S

2d

Fantastic movie! Should be a requirement for everyone to watch. This filmmaker is amazing.

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Paul

2d

This was very informative about the issue, presented both sides, & featured major players in AI world.

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seen

3d

we have the power to change the world

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Cory H

3d

This movie made you think about the future of our civilization.

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Synopsis

From the Academy Award®-winning filmmakers behind Everything Everywhere All at Once and Navalny; a father-to-be tries to figure out what is happening with all this AI insanity. The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist is a hand-made, eye-opening documentary about the most powerful technology humanity has ever created... and what's at stake if we get it wrong.

Director: Daniel Roher, Charlie Tyrell
Producer: Daniel Kwan, Jonathan Wang, Shane Boris, Diane Becker, Ted Tremper
Distributor: Focus Features
Production Co: Fishbowl Films, Cottage M
Rating: PG-13 (Language)
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 27, 2026, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 14, 2026
Runtime: 1h 44m

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